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     <a href="https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/blob/master/LICENSE"><img alt="CC0 1.0 Universal Licensed" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-CC0--1.0-blue.svg"/></a>
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     <a href="https://docs.rs/bitcoin"><img alt="API Docs" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs.rs-bitcoin-green"/></a>
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